ISBN:
9780226194547
,
9780226194400
,
022619440X
,
022619454X
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 335 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
,
23 cm
DDC:
305.800954
Keywords:
Rural poor
;
Ethnology
;
Rural poor India
;
Rajasthan
;
Ethnology India
;
Rajasthan
;
Ethnology
;
Manners and customs
;
Rural poor
;
Social conditions
;
Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs
;
Rajasthan (India) Social conditions
;
Rajasthan (India) Social conditions
;
Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs
;
India
;
Rajasthan
;
Indien
;
Rajasthan
;
Armut
;
Soziale Situation
;
Landbevölkerung
;
Ethnologie
Abstract:
First impressions, and further -- The headless horseman of central India : sovereignty at varying thresholds of life -- Mitra Varuna : state power and powerlessness -- Erotics and agonistics : intensities deeper than deep play -- Divine migrations and human relations -- The waxing and waning life of Kalli, a warrior-activist -- Bansi mahatmaya (the greatness of Bansi), an erotic ascetic -- Departure, and marriages and deaths -- The quality of life : a daemonic view
Description / Table of Contents:
First impressions, and further -- The headless horseman of central India : sovereignty at varying thresholds of life -- Mitra-Varuna : state power and powerlessness -- The coarse and the fine : contours of a slow-moving crisis -- Contracts, bonds, and bonded labor -- Erotics and agonistics : intensities deeper than deep play -- Divine migrations : neighborliness between humans, animals, and gods -- The waxing and waning life of Kalli -- Bansi mahatmaya (the greatness of Bansi), an erotic ascetic -- Departure, and marriages and deaths -- The quality of life : a daemonic view.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-329) and index
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